2006 December - Care Planning with General Practice Workshop
Update on the Chronic
Disease Management MBS items for care planning
Martin Mullane, Director, Chronic Disease Medicare Items, Department of
Health and Ageing
This material is provided by the Department of Health and Ageing as an overview and update on the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Medicare items. Practitioners using the CDM items should refer to the Medicare Benefits Schedule book (item descriptors and explanatory notes) for full information on the Medicare requirements for these items.
Resources:
Martin Mullane -
presentation
Reflection about implementation issues for general practice from two of the speakers on CDM MBS Items who provided information to division-sponsored meetings for GPs and practice nurses
Ges Hammer, Practice Nurse & Dr John Buckley, GP from Mallee division
Resources:
Ges Hammer, John Buckley
Presentation
Improving Linkages between
GPs and Community Health Services using the Chronic Disease Management MBS
items � DHS Small Grant for Service Coord.
Helen Plousi, Monash Division, Southcity division and Inner South East
Partnership in Community Health
Helen has surveyed GPs and CHSs about processes and tools used for care planning. Discussion of the survey findings will include opportunities for improving templates and Team Care Arrangement processes locally to promote better collaboration and information exchange between GPs and service providers.
Resources: Helen Plousi presentation
Care planning and team care arrangements: A collaboration between Brunswick Community Medical Clinic and Moreland Community Health Service (DHS Small Grant for Service Coord)
Alex Butler, Hume Moreland PCP � with practitioners involved in the project
Alex will describe a project that has explored a model of care planning between co-located general practice and CHS staff for a target population. The model has included a focus on accessing private allied health providers.
Resources: Alex Butler presentation
Following the workshop, Hume Moreland PCP have prepared a detailed Case Study/Guide titled:Developing Care Plans between General Practice and Community Health: How we did it and what we learnt
The case study/guide includes a detailed description of what they did, step by step description of how the care planning process was implemented, a client/patient case study, enablers and barriers and a list of resources and care planning flowchart. This guide is a clear and comprehensive resource for division staff and excerpts may be useful for your practices
Brief snapshot of an activity to support GP-CHS working together on care plans
Belinda Carra and Linda Hewat, Central Highlands DGP and Central Victorian Health Alliance
Resources:
Invitation
to Sharing the Load workshop for general practice staff
and community health service providers plus checklist of what the division
did to prepare for this very successful activity.
Small group discussion on how to support implementation of a systematic approach to care planning for chronic disease management between GPs and community health services
Resource: Report backs from small groups